paleoecology

Tell us a little bit about yourself. I am from the Northwest of the UK so was incredibly fortunate to grow up surrounded by national parks such as Eryri National Park (Snowdonia) and the UK coast. Thanks to this upbringing… Continue reading →

Kathryn Sokolowski Graduate, Department of Anthropology Kathryn Sokolowski is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology, specializing in paleoecology and zooarchaeology. Her research explores the interactions between animals, including humans, and their environment in the past. Specifically, she studies how species respond to environmental change in South Africa over glacial and interglac…

Coleoptera in amber from Cretaceous resiniferous forests By: David Peris Summarized by: Austin Spencer Bio:  Austin Spencer is a geology major at the University of South Florida and is currently a senior. Once he earns his degree, he plans to… Continue reading →

Paleoecology and Taphonomy of Some Eurypterid-bearing Horizons in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State Stephen M. Mayer This news article was summarized by Alexander Favaro. Alexander Favaro is a first-generation student attending the University of South Florida, pursuing… Continue reading →

Some background information for you all– I am a second year Master’s student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. I would consider myself an aspiring paleoecologist and paleobiologist. And my interests lie in paleoecology, specifically predator – prey interactions, as… Continue reading →

Temporal shifts in the distribution of murine rodent body size classes at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) reveal new insights into the paleoecology of Homo floresiensis and associated fauna by: E. Grace Veatch, Matthew W. Tocheri, Thomas Sutikna, Kate McGrath, E.… Continue reading →

Jen here –  Interested in understanding how we take morphological data from extinct animals and use them to infer an evolutionary history? These trees can be used as a framework to test different macroevolutionary questions regarding species distribution, paleoecology, rates… Continue reading →

The 2017-2018 Keck Geology Consortium projects involve a mix of field and laboratory research experiences that make meaningful scientific contributions in the areas of structural geology, paleontology and paleoecology, and paleoclimatology as well as igneous and metamorphic petrology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, and hydrogeology. The post 2017-2018 Keck Geology Consortium Undergraduate Resear…

What: We will be working on reconstructing past environmental and geomorphic conditions in Glacier National Park through collection and analysis of lake sediment cores. There is broad interest in the […] The post GEOMORPHOLOGIC AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA appeared first on Keck Geology Consortium .